- Vincent Tan gained a franchise to open McDonald's restaurants in Malaysia in 1981 at age 29. - In 1985, the Malaysian government privatized Sports Toto, the state lottery, and sold 70% of it to Tan. - By 1990, Tan had acquired full control of Sports Toto and launched a new holding company called Berjaya Group. - Tan's businesses grew to include personal care products, consumer goods, restaurants, manufacturing, telecommunications, and more through acquisitions in Malaysia and other countries over the following decades.

1. • 1969 毕业自英校高中，父亲生意失败，放弃
赴纽西兰攻读法律。当银行书记及业余保险代
理
1973 阅读关于麦当劳的专题报导，萌念申请
本地经营权
1975 开始创业，从事贸易、贷款及发展事务，
并继续搜集快餐店资料
1980 终于获得麦当劳经营权，这时陈志远才
29岁
1982 在武吉免登成立首间麦当劳
1984 收购成功集团37‚%股权

2. • 1985 收购多多博彩52‚%股权(34岁)
1988 收购礼里（后改名为英特太平洋）
1989 在美国胜家（Singer）股权争夺战中，
获得1000万美元及胜家在大马的制造和经
营权，扬名国际
1991 把所有企业挂上“成功”字号，英特太
平洋改名成功集团（BJGROUP）
2003 成功时代广场正式开幕

3. • Key Dates:
• 1981:
• Vincent Tan gains a franchise to open McDonald's restaurants in Malaysia.
• 1985:
• The Malaysian government privatizes Sports Toto, the state lottery, and sells 70 percent to Tan.
• 1990:
• Tan acquires full control of Sports Toto, and launches a new holding company, Berjaya Group.
• 1992:
• The company acquires Unza Malaysia and Manufacturing Services Sendirian Berhard (MSSB), establishing personal
care products and other consumer products sales.
• 1993:
• The company acquires Roasters Grill Inc. in the United States.
• 1994:
• The company acquires Dunham-Bush, manufacturer of refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
• 1995:
• Tan launches construction of the Berjaya Times Square complex; the company joins in the launch of the Mutiara
Swisscom mobile telephone service (later DiGi).
• 1998:
• The company acquires the Malaysian franchise for the Starbucks coffee shop operations.
• 2001:

4. • 2001:
• Berjaya restructures, and takes over 24 percent of DiGi.
• 2003:
• Berjaya acquires the Hyundai concession in Malaysia.
• 2004:
• Berjaya acquires 70 percent of organic food stores Country Farms; Tan joins in the
launch of MiTV pay-television service.
• Deserving a Break in the 1980s
• Vincent Tan left school at the age of 16 and began his career as a bank clerk. Yet
Tan quickly displayed an ambitious nature, and by the end of the 1960s had
launched a second career selling insurance in the evenings. Tan's ability as a
salesman soon won him a job as an agency supervisor for American International
Insurance when he was just 21 years old.
• Toward the end of the 1970s, Tan decided to go into business on his own, founding
what was to become one of Malaysia's--and the Asian Pacific region's--wealthiest
business empires. Tan's initial business foray kept him close to the insurance
industry. In the late 1970s, Tan set up a joint venture with Tokyo Marine & Fire
Insurance.